My new race car... and it's a V-8!

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Well, last race day I was bummed, this time I am stoked. The day went well save for the "normal" mishaps. The aluminum skid plates and new chassis help up well. I did manage to break a rear hub ("normal" mishap lol), but had a spare so all was good. Also saw a "high" temp on the motor... 125, but that was after the motor mount moved and the gear mesh got too tight. That one was my fault as I didn't tighten the mount as tight as normal. I was trying to avoid my normal over tightening of everything... oh well, back to over tightening, at least things stay put (if I don't strip out the holes,lol).

It was a smaller turn out in 1/8th electric this race. I still managed to qualify dead last in A main, but I did not finish last, yah! Not sure of final results (maybe 6th or 7th out of 8), as I left right after corner marshaling as it was getting late... results online in a couple days anyway. They had a biggest air contest off of the "wall ride" corner at the end of the main. I got the biggest air, about 20ft straight up! All in all a good race day (for me anyway), and I had a blast.

I am really liking this 6s set up with the little 1509 motor; every bit the power and speed of the bigger motors... at least on this small track. I ran side by side for a couple of laps with another Ve8 powered by a Castle 2650 system on 4s (much better driver than me). I could actually pull ahead of him on the straight. He figured he was overgeared as his batts were getting hot. No heat problems with my set up, lipo barely gets warm. I could also pull about even with some powered by the castle 2200 systems on 4s as well. Perhaps I am seeing less voltage drop or I am a bit lighter than the rest, IDK. It is just a sweet running set up and very cool as well, perfect on this small indoor track.